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French air force to boost EC725 fleet
The French air force is to almost double its inventory of Eurocopter...
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NewsEADS, Lockheed Martin team up for Army helicopter
EADS North America (NA) today announced signing Lockheed Martin as the weapons systems integrator for a newly-revealed Armed Scout 645 helicopter, a new contender for a major US Army contract.
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NewsIndian air force suffers first Su-30MKI crash
The Indian air force has suffered its first loss of a Sukhoi Su-30MKI multirole fighter, with one of its aircraft having crashed in Rajasthan state on 30...
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Business - Briefs
Rockwell Collins' pre-tax income held steady at $492 million for the six months...
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AgustaWestland seeks export buyers for AW159 'Lynx Wildcat'
With the British armed forces' first Lynx Wildcat utility helicopter to make its debut flight on 13 November, AgustaWestland is looking to secure its first...
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NewsBMI expresses formal interest in opening Iraqi route
UK operator BMI is interested in opening a link to the Iraqi capital Baghdad
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Lockheed to build high-altitude airship
Lockheed Martin has won a $400 million contract to build a high-altitude airship demonstrator featuring radar technology powerful enough to detect a car...
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British Army's re-engined Lynx AH9A to fly in July
The first of 12 British Army Lynx AH9 utility helicopters to undergo an engine replacement programme will fly for the first time in July, with modification...
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Mission system checks loom after P-8A passes first flight
The first flight of the US Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft on...
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Joint Heavy Lift programme faces two-year, up to $70 million funding gap
The US Army Joint Heavy Lift (JHL) programme needs $60 million to $70 million to survive for two more years until a possible demonstration programme begins in Fiscal 2012.
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NewsCanadians demonstrate brownout vision aid
CAE and Neptec Design Group have successfully demonstrated a CAE-developed synthetic vision system that fuses real-time landscape captured by a Neptec-built Lidar sensor on a CAE-built terrain database
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NewsNorthrop buys Swift's KillerBee UAS family
Northrop Grumman has acquired a line of small unmanned air systems (UAS) invented by Swift Engineering and formerly known as KillerBee. The acquisition...
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Australia to buy seven Boeing CH-47F Chinooks
Australia plans to buy seven Boeing CH-47F Chinooks from the US government, with the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) saying in a notice...
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NewsLockheed wins ISIS airship contract from DARPA
Lockheed Martin has won a $400 million contract to build a high-altitude airship demonstrator with radar technology so powerful it could spot a car hidden under a canopy of trees more than 300 km away.
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NewsSukhoi confirms Su-35 prototype crash
Sukhoi has confirmed the company’s third prototype for the Su-35 programme crashed at Komsomolsk-on-Amur during high-speed ground tests.
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PICTURE: AgustaWestland reveals AW149 for Turkey
AgustaWestland has unveiled a full-scale mock-up of its AW149 armed utility helicopter at the IDEF exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey ...
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Civil simulators special: EC225 simulator flight test - startling realism
The EC225 simulator made its debut last year - and our test pilot's bumpy landing testified to the machine's realism
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USAF chief says "light strike" fighter could be needed
The US Air Force's top officer says a "light strike" platform optimised for the irregular warfare mission could be added to the service's inventory ...